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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King
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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
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Washington
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Florence Virginia King
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